One of the details I put into GW was a nod to the fact that Rhys, my magician, was good at reading people. He knew a bel dame (a bounty hunter/draft dodger police type of person) just by looking at them. Trouble with this “detail” was, I used that whole “Well, he just KNEW” language. […]
I’ve been really depressed the last couple of afternoons. Yesterday, I chalked this up as just overall blues, though I remember thinking it was incredibly strange that my sugar number after working out for over an hour was at 219. Where had that number come from? It meant I’d been riding a lot higher than
Because when you follow the rules, it actually works. Sat down with what I had in the bank, what I’m getting paid Friday, and wrote out the next round of bills. I had exactly $210 leftover for groceries for the next two weeks. About $30 more than is in the budget for said groceries. Until
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Morning: 15 min free weights and 10 pushups Afternoon (with health & wellness group & trainer at work): 30 min cardo & upper body weights work (machines and dumbbells) Evening: 20 minutes cardio (I was depressed when I came home – it’s a good way to lift mood) and 10 pushups. For tonight: French, copywriting
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…when you feel like you’re absolutely worth nothing, and what little worth you have must be measured in the width of your ass. You know what the tragedy is? I like the way I look. I really do. I think I’m strong and attractive and have moments of incredible sexiness. I think I’m smart and
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Mmmmmm copywriting to improve SEO. Tasty tasty skills building. Challenging and annoying all at once!
Does it really bug anybody else when men refer to women as “females”? Why do guys do this? I’d like to think it’s because they’re including “women and girls” in their description, so “females” is supposed to mean “all female-gendered persons in particular,” but I don’t go around saying, “I haven’t been with many males,”
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The Copywriter’s Handbook, by Robert Bly. As noted, I write just about everything at my job, from intranet news to forum Q&A to magazine blurbs to policy documents to press releases. And this book shows you how to write, well, just about everything. So it’s a good fit. I love the versatility of this little
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Really, if I want to meet anybody worth my while, I need to get a car. The great thing about being smack right between Cincinnati and Columbus is that civilization is, indeed, just there over the horizon. The drawback is, you don’t live there. All the good ones are an hour away, dammit. Well, there’s
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